Boot or shoe



(No Model.)

T. J. LYNG-H.

- BOOT OR SHOE.

No. 307,059. Patented Oct. 21,, 1884.

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PATENT OFFIcE.

MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,059, dated October21, 1884. Application filed July 15, 1884. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, THOMAS JOSEPH LYNCH, of Milford, in the county ofWorcester, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Shoes or Boots and in the Lasts used in theirManufacture; and I do hereby declare the same to be described in thefollowing specification and represented in the accompanying drawing,which denotes a transverse section of a shoe at its heel and its lastwith my invention, the nature of which is defined in the claimhereinafter presented.

My improvement is not only to prevent running down or aside of the shoeor boot upper, especially at the heel, but the wearing away of the heelor sole unevenly or at one side of it more than the other, as generallytakes place with bow-legged and various other persons in walking.

In preparing a last for the making of a boot or shoe in accordance withmy invention I fix upon the bottom of such last, at one edge thereof, apiece or strip of wood, leather, or other suitable material wedgeshapedin transverse section, such piece being shown at a as arranged on thebottom of the lastAat its in and having its thinner edge at or near themiddle of the last. Such strip is to be extended from the back of theheel forward upon the said heel to the front thereof, or from suchtoward the toe a suitable distance. In lasting the shoe the said strip awill cause the insole b to incline transversely of it, as shown, andrender it necessary to 'make such insole wedgeshaped crosswise of it, orto have, when it is made in the usual way, of even thickness, or aboutso, except, perhaps, at its edge, an auxiliary wedge-shaped re-enforce,0, applied to it on its outer side, as exhibited. The said re-enforce isplaced underneath the higher half of the insole in manner asrepresented, and is to taper crosswise sufficiently to form a properbearing for the outer sole in order for that to have its due relation tothe median vertical plane of the shoe. The last and its insole havingbeen thus prepared, the upper is to be lasted upon them, and the outersole, B, is to be applied and fastened to the upper and insole in anywell-known manner, after which the heel G is to be secured in the usualway to the outer sole. After removal of the last from the shoe or bootsuch shoe or boot will be found to have the upper surface of the insolethereof declining transversely toward the inner side of the shoe and notessentially parallel with but inclined relatively to the treadsurface orbot-tom of the outer sole or heel, whereby when the shoe or boot may bein wear the foot therein of the wearer will have its tendency to run theupper down at the outer side of the heel counteracted by the foot inpressing downward being forced more or less inward by the inclinedinsole.

I claim- I11 a boot or shoe, the insole or the heel portion thereofinclined transversely, so as to be higher at its outer than it is at itsinner edge, in combination with a wedge-shaped re-en force arrangedbetween the outer surface of such insole and the inner surface of theouter sole, and having its thinner edge at or near the middle of theinsole, all being substantially as represented.

THOMAS JOSEPH LYNCH.

lVitnesses:

R. H. EDDY, E. l3. PRATT.

